Battle Of The Sexes Rigged? Billie Jean King Denies Story That Bobby Riggs Threw Famous Match

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44 years ago at the Astrodome the tennis icon scored a win for an entire gender. Sep. 20, 1973 was not a normal day in sports. Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs squared off in The Battle of the.

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Billie Jean King will be 70 in November. September 20th marks the 40th Anniversary of Billie Jean King's victory over Bobby Riggs. 2013 marks not only a personal milestone for the tennis champ but.

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The Battle of the Sexes: the story of when Bobby Riggs challenged Billie Jean King and the whole Women's Rights movement to a game of tennis in the 1970s. American Masters: Billie Jean King.

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"I underestimated you" were the first words former Wimbledon winner Bobby Riggs said to the tennis champion Billie Jean King in 1973 after she defeated him in front of 90 million viewers.

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No tennis match was ever fraught with more symbolism than the September 20, 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" clash between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. As the very name of this one-off event.

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Getty Images. Billie Jean King holds her trophy high after beating Bobby Riggs in their $100,000 winner-take-all "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match. Decades later, the match remains a cultural.

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On Sept. 20, 1973, top women's tennis player Billie Jean King defeated former No. 1 ranked men's tennis player Bobby Riggs in a "Battle of the Sexes" match. Watch the video above for more. King.

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Nearly 50 years after her historic match against Bobby Riggs, Billie Jean King says she immediately knew it was a monumental moment. On Sept. 20, 1973, King, who was the No. 1 women's player in.

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Billie Jean King vs. Bobby Riggs: Set 1 2 3 Billie Jean King: 6: 6: 6: Bobby Riggs: 4 3: 3 Date: September 20, 1973: Location: Astrodome Houston, Texas: Battle of the Sexes III; Martina Navratilova vs. Jimmy Connors: Set 1 2 Martina Navratilova: 5 2 Jimmy Connors: 7: 6: Date: September 25, 1992: Location: Caesars Palace

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On September 20, 1973, in a highly publicized "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match, top women's player Billie Jean King, 29, beats Bobby Riggs, 55, a former No. 1 ranked men's player. Riggs.

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Billie Jean King, left, and Bobby Riggs play each other in a "Battle of the Sexes" match at the Houston Astrodome on September 20, 1973. Riggs and King appear at a press event to promote their.

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Bettmann/Getty Images. Before Margaret Court's match with Bobby Riggs, Billie Jean King had quietly resigned herself to finally accepting his challenge if he were to prevail over Court. In a sit-down with NPR in 2008, she recalled the moment that she knew she finally had to give in to his pursuit.

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Key People: Billie Jean King. Bobby Riggs. Battle of the Sexes, exhibition tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs that took place on September 20, 1973, inside the Astrodome in Houston. The match was something of a spectacle as the in-her-prime King defeated the 55-year-old Riggs in three straight sets, but the event nevertheless.

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Bobby Riggs vs. Billie Jean King and The Battle of the Sexes. Aired: 09/10/13 Rating: NR Buy Now: Buy DVDs Buy on iTunes Share: Share this video on Facebook; Share this video on Twitter; Embed.

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The so-called "battle of the sexes" of Sept. 20, 1973, which pitted Bobby Riggs against Billie Jean King, was over in three straight sets and just a little more than two hours. The sex part.

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Bobby Riggs was a leading tennis player in the 1940s, and by the time he retired in 1951 had won six Grand Slam titles. Following his retirement he became a.